Enrollment
190
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KOKOMO SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180537000995
Bon Air Middle School
2796 Apperson Way N, Kokomo, IN 46901 · (765) 454-7025 · Howard County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL190 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Indiana public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
142 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 56 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 36% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bon Air Middle School→Kokomo High School
Based on grade levels within Kokomo School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
12.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
4.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
9.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bon Air Middle School
Bon Air Middle School's state test result (9.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Air Middle School this school | 190 | 74.7% | 9.8% |
| McGary Middle School Evansville | 295 | 73.2% | 9.1% |
| Martin T Krueger Middle School Michigan City | 324 | 77.2% | 17.8% |
| Irvington Community Middle School Indianapolis | 238 | 63.4% | N/A |
| Washington Middle School Evansville | 331 | 68.0% | 17.6% |
| Taylor Middle School Kokomo | 368 | 66.8% | 23.2% |
Matched among Indiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bon Air Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #315 of 324 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.0% | #320 of 325 | #7 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #319 of 325 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 190 | #320 of 334 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #18 of 330 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.9% | #10 of 187 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
190
-7 (-4%) vs 2020
-47% since 2000-01, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 190 | 17.4 | 10.9:1 | 75% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 208 | 13.8 | 15.0:1 | 83% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 194 | 16.3 | 11.9:1 | 85% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | 20 | 9.8:1 | 89% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 27.7 | 9.9:1 | 92% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 266 | 21 | 12.7:1 | 89% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 91 | 9 | 10.1:1 | 79% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 50% (180) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bon Air Middle School.
About Bon Air Middle School
In Kokomo, Indiana, Bon Air Middle School is a small middle school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 190 students. Against the 594-student average for middle schools in Indiana, enrollment here is 68% lower.
Bon Air Middle School is among 13 schools run by Kokomo School Corporation, which serves 5,197 students.
Bon Air Middle School's enrollment is 54% White. The remaining shares are 21% Black, 16% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Howard County's population at about 85%. Bon Air Middle School has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 10.9:1 comes from the school's 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 75% of students at Bon Air Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Howard County is 49%.
allk12 grades Bon Air Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Bon Air Middle School, the prediction is 22.7% and the result is 9.8%.
Bon Air Middle School is located in Howard County, where median household income is about $64,027, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 29 public schools in Howard County, with a combined enrollment of about 12,786.
The closest public school, Bon Air Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Bon Air Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Bon Air Middle School places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Bon Air Middle School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Bon Air Middle School saw enrollment fall 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 9.8:1 to 10.9:1 over the same years.
The Bon Air Middle School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,752
Census ACS
Median income
$64,027
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kokomo School Corporation
- Kokomo High SchoolHigh · 1,393 students
- Lafayette Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 451 students
- Maple Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 435 students
- Wallace Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Boulevard Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Other schools in Kokomo
- Kokomo High SchoolHigh · 1,393 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Northwestern Senior High SchoolHigh · 541 students
- Lafayette Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 451 students
Nearby schools
- Bon Air Elementary School0.0 mi · 261
- Pettit Park School1.6 mi · 215
- Sycamore Elementary School1.8 mi · 305
- Lafayette Park Elementary School2.0 mi · 527
- Central Middle School2.0 mi · 451
- Excel Center - Kokomo2.0 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Bon Air Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bon Air Middle School?
Bon Air Middle School enrolls approximately 190 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bon Air Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bon Air Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bon Air Middle School have?
Bon Air Middle School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bon Air Middle School?
At Bon Air Middle School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 8% Hispanic, 21% Black, 16% Two or more.
Is Bon Air Middle School public or private?
Bon Air Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kokomo School Corporation.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.